Palestinian President Abbas appoints Mohammed Mustafa as prime minister | Israel War on Gaza News

Palestinian President Abbas appoints Mohammed Mustafa as prime minister | Israel War on Gaza News

The move comes as the Palestinian Authority faces pressure to reform from the US amid Israel’s war on Gaza. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser Mohammed Mustafa to be the next prime minister in the face of US pressure to reform the Palestinian Authority as part…

US Senate leader Chuck Schumer calls for new Israel elections amid Gaza war | Israel War on Gaza News

US Senate leader Chuck Schumer calls for new Israel elections amid Gaza war | Israel War on Gaza News

The top legislator in the United States Senate, Chuck Schumer, has offered his most strident criticism of Israel since the war in Gaza began, calling for a leadership shake-up in the country. On Thursday, Schumer, a Jewish-American Democrat, took direct aim at Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech…

What’s in the UK’s new definition of ‘extremism’ | Politics News

What’s in the UK’s new definition of ‘extremism’ | Politics News

United Kingdom Communities Secretary Michael Gove has unveiled the government’s new definition of “extremism” to the House of Commons amid heightened domestic tensions since the onset of Israel’s war on Gaza in October. The veteran Conservative Party politician said on Thursday that the new definition seeks to tackle the rise…

Divisive Catalan amnesty bill clears parliamentary hurdle in Spain | Catalonia News

Divisive Catalan amnesty bill clears parliamentary hurdle in Spain | Catalonia News

Spain’s lower house of parliament has approved an amnesty bill aimed at forgiving crimes – proven and alleged – by Catalan separatists during a chaotic attempt to hold an independence referendum in the region six years ago. The MPs on Thursday voted 178 in favour to 172 against in the 350-seat…

NATO allies must do more as Ukraine runs out of ammunition: Stoltenberg | Russia-Ukraine war News

NATO allies must do more as Ukraine runs out of ammunition: Stoltenberg | Russia-Ukraine war News

NATO’s secretary-general calls on members to show the political will to offer more support for Kyiv against Russia. Ukraine is running out of ammunition and NATO members are not doing enough to help Kyiv, the alliance’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, has said, in unusually blunt comments about the state of the…

EU probes Chinese site AliExpress over potentially illegal online products | Technology News

EU probes Chinese site AliExpress over potentially illegal online products | Technology News

The European Union also sent requests for info to tech giants on their use of generative artificial intelligence. The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Chinese e-commerce site AliExpress over concerns about illegal and pornographic content on its platform. In a statement on Thursday, the European Union’s executive…